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I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.

Martin Luther

Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death.
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Angel Death Men
The kingdom of God does not consist in talk, but in power, that is, in works and practice. God loves the ‘doers of the word’ in faith and love, and not the ‘mere hearers,’ who, like parrots, have learned to utter certain expressions with readiness.
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Expression God Learning Love Power Practice Talk
A man cannot do good before he is made good.
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Build Evil Goodness Himself Man
If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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Beginning Instruction Oneself Start Teaching Young
He [Christ] died for me. He made His righteousness mine and made my sin His own; and if He made my sin His own, then I do not have it, and I am free.
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Christ Death Deep Freedom Himself Myself Religious Right Sin
If you see yourself as a “little sinner” you will inevitably see Jesus as a “little savior”.
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Save See Sin Yourself
Christians fight best on their knees. Whatever good may be done is done and brought about by prayer.
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Battle Choice Fight Goodness Prayer
I’ll trust in God’s unchanging Word, till soul and body sever. For though all things pass away, His Word shall stand forever.
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Body Change Forever God Myself Soul Trust Word World
They gave our Master a crown of thorns, why do we hope for a crown of roses?
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Deep Hope Ourselves Religious Rose Suffering
The sin underneath all our sins is to trust the lie of the serpent that we cannot trust the love and grace of Christ and must take matters into our own hands.
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Grace Hands Love Lying Sin Trust
Temptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need that we should let them nest in our hair.
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Avoid Hairs Need Ourselves Temptation
Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.
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Action Belief Hope World
Lord Jesus, You are my righteousness, I am your sin. You took on you what was mine; yet set on me what was yours. You became what you were not, that I might become what I was not.
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God Myself Religious Right Sin Thankful Yourself
The most damnable and pernicious heresy that has ever plagued the mind of man was the idea that somehow he could make himself good enough to deserve to live with an all-holy God.
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Deserve Enough God Goodness Himself Ideas Live Men Mindset
There is no justification without sanctification, no forgiveness without renewal of life, no real faith from which the fruits of new obedience do not grow.
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Forgiveness Fruit Growth Justice Life Religious
The highest and most precious treasure we receive of God is, that we can speak, hear, see, etc; but how few acknowledge these as God’s special gifts, much less give God thanks for them.
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Body Gift God Gratitude Health Reaction Thankful

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.

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I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.

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